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Filings from 15 states to secede from the United states

Folks from 15 states have filed petitions to secede from the United States and one person from North Dakota has filed for New York state to secede. Petitions required 25,000 signatures and are then forwarded to the President for consideration.

I would hope that this is mostly symbolic but it does show that there are some hard feelings about the direction the US has taken.

One of the questions involved with the petitions is that if you signed it will you be on a federal watch list as a subversive. Certainly a valid question. Time will tell.

Another question is, this is a pretty strong hint that not everyone is happy ... will the message be heard?

What do you think of this jesture.

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  • george lockwood 20+

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    Nov 12 2012: Going back to the earlier debate questions. Yes, people are irrational - really a little stupid. But being in the moment, the smart thing to do is to ignore nuts. The same interests always give lot's of money to both sides. These people who are so unhappy are not wieners(on purpose) they are losers. Ignore losers;however, wieners are not so great either. maybe our underlying problems transcend what concerns the wieners and losers both. Reread You
    don't Understand Me. Prometheans or so rare - There is not a great deal of reationality out there. Someone gave us logic and the scientific method. That's a start.

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